# Density-functional theory for internal magnetic fields

@article{Tellgren2018DensityfunctionalTF,
title={Density-functional theory for internal magnetic fields},
author={Erik I Tellgren},
journal={Physical Review A},
year={2018},
volume={97},
pages={012504}
}
• E. Tellgren
• Published 3 November 2017
• Physics
• Physical Review A
A density-functional theory is developed based on the Maxwell--Schr\"odinger equation with an internal magnetic field in addition to the external electromagnetic potentials. The basic variables of this theory are the electron density and the total magnetic field, which can equivalently be represented as a physical current density. Hence, the theory can be regarded as a physical current-density functional theory and an alternative to the paramagnetic current density-functional theory due to…
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